'The Playboy Club' EP Chad Hodge: Show is simply 'a fun, sexy soap'

'The Playboy Club' EP Chad Hodge: Show is simply 'a fun, sexy soap'

Ever since NBC announced their new series "The Playboy Club," the program has been surrounded with controversy. Activists from all sides of the political spectrum have weighed in on the period piece that follows the early days at the Chicago-based club. Even women's rights activist Gloria Steinem, who wrote an expose while working undercover at the New York City Playboy Club, called for a show boycott. But executive producer Chad Hodge remains unphased by the debate."When people see the show, the controversy may seem a little silly," he says, adding that the show is about the club not Playboy magazine.Hodge explains the show is "a fun, sexy soap" that he feels is a lot more like "'Chicago' or 'All that Jazz' meets 'Desperate Housewives'."Hodge spoke to Zap2it from the show's location in Chicago.On how the program came to be: "They [Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and Imagine Entertainment co-founder Brian Grazer] had the notion that there...